Read the latest news from ARC Adoption North East, details of regional and national adoption campaigns and support initiatives, and articles sharing different stories related to adoption:
Independent adoption agencies from across the UK have joined forces to highlight the choices available to people considering becoming a parent through adoption. Read more
This March, the team at ARC Adoption North East is celebrating the eighth birthday of the Sunderland based Voluntary adoption agency. Read more
ARC adopters, Paddy and Lee, adopted their son, Jacob, back in 2019 when he was 5 years old. We caught up with Paddy to talk about his and Lee's experience of adopting, and why an older child was the right choice for their family. Read more
Adopting siblings can be daunting but extremely rewarding. Here, a number of our fantastic adopters share their experience of adopting brothers and sisters with the support of ARC. Read more
ARC Adoption is delighted to be supporting LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week which returns for its tenth year with an important message of #BeTheChange. Read more
ARC Adoption director and founder, Terry Fitzpatrick, has been awarded an OBE at a ceremony at Windsor Castle to formally recognise his contribution to children's social work in the North East of England. Read more
ARC Adoption North East has reached a new milestone in its essential work to recruit and support adoptive families for children across the North East and the UK, as the team received its 300th Registration of Interest’ to adopt, this October. Read more
ARC Adoption North East is delighted to support National Adoption Week running 18th to 24th October, raising awareness of modern adoption and championing the diverse voices impacted or touched by it. Read more
ARC Adoption North East is proud to support the 2021 Adoption and Fostering Support Week for LGBT+ parents, organised by UK charity, New Family Social. Read more
At a time when national statistics reveal that children from Black and ethnic minority groups take longer to be placed with an adoptive family, the latest #YouCanAdopt campaign seeks to increase the number of Black adopters. Read more
Almost half the number of children waiting for adoption are in family groups of two or more. ARC Adoption is joining the #YouCanAdopt campaign which aims to encourage those thinking about adoption and approved adopters to consider adopting brothers and sisters. Read more
Terry Fitzpatrick, director at ARC Adoption North East, has been awarded an OBE for services to children in North East England. Read more